Ola!
I'm John.

I started as a geologist
and became a technologist.

Now I help leaders find the signal in messy data.

Chief of Partner Projects and Founder Truegility

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  1. Truegility and Clarity

    Operations, partnerships and delivery for SaaS and PE-owned companies: data foundations, AI agents, operating cadence.

    2023 to now

  2. Launch Consulting, Microsoft Finance

    BI, KPI measurement and global financial reporting for Microsoft business managers and controllers.

    72+ managers and engineers led, grown from a team of 5

    2018 to 2023

  3. Founder: Green Benefits, Blue 33

    Three online businesses, one funded and acquired by Microsoft.

    2007 to 2018

  4. Internet and SaaS era

    Network analysis, internet applications and account leadership at Microsoft, Xdrive, Qwest and ADP.

    Earlier

  5. Bedrock: geology

    Economics and geology at Whitman College, then three years as a Senior Staff Geologist.

    Foundation

20+ years in technology

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Field notes for clearer decisions.

Recent thinking on leadership, data, and building what matters.

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The hard part is rarely one missing report.

It is the distance between the systems, the people interpreting them, and the decision that cannot wait.

  • Disconnected information

    Financial and operational data lives in different systems, with no shared view of the business.

  • Manual reporting

    Spreadsheet-heavy work slows the team down and makes every answer harder to trust.

  • Decisions under pressure

    Leaders need to act before every source agrees, often without the context behind the numbers.

Experience where accuracy and coordination matter.

  • $27MM three-year Microsoft Finance contract secured with Launch Consulting
  • 1,000+ Microsoft business managers and finance controllers supported with global reporting and BI
  • 18% delivery margin improvement, 2020 to 2023

“John's superpower is program management and empowering teams to deliver results. His optimism, good humor, and ability to conjure fun out of thin air make him a true force multiplier.”

Truegility Team

I learned to read layers before I learned to build platforms.

Data should serve people, not the other way around.

I studied economics and geology at Whitman College and spent three years as a Senior Staff Geologist. Field work taught me to look for patterns in complex systems. I carried that instinct into web development, network analysis, and enterprise data work at ADP, Microsoft, and Launch Consulting Group.

That path led to Truegility and Clarity. The tools changed; the purpose did not: give people a clearer view of what is happening so they can make better decisions.

Working through a data problem that should be clearer by now?

Tell me what is disconnected, what decision is waiting, and where your team keeps losing time.

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